2013 KIA OPTIMA Complaints

I OWN A 2013 KIA OPTIMA MY CAR WOULDN'T START. THEN AFTER A FEW TRIES IT STARTED UP. THEN IT DID IT AGAIN. MY CAR WOULDN'T START. MY CAR WOULD STALL OUT. THEN IT STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. THE NEXT DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. MY ODOMETER JUST HIT OVER 100,000 A FEW WEEKS BEFORE. I MADE AN APPT AT A KIA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT BUT IT'S NOT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. I'VE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR 3 MONTHS. I JUST PURCHASED IT. NOW I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE KIA RECALL SC147 & NHTSA RECALL 17V224000 ON BEARINGS THAT LEAD TO ENGINE SEIZURE & THAT CAN LEAD TO METAL IN THE OIL. AND IT CAUSES A KNOCKING NOISE. I AM POSITIVE THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY CAR. I HOPE THE KIA DEALERSHIP WILL FIX MY CAR NEXT WEEK THAT'S THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT THEY HAVE. I HOPE I CAN GET A CAR LOANER.

THE VIN DID NOT GET THAT THIS IS AN OPTIMA HYBRID, WHICH ISN'T IN THE RECALL, SC145, BUT HAS SIMILAR SYMPTOMS, ONLY KIA OPTIMAS. DRIVING AT 75MPH, I TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO GET AROUND A CAR AND I FELT/STARTED HEARING ROD KNOCK. AT IDLE THE SOUND IS WORSENED ONLY BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I'M WORRIED THAT THE ENGINE COULD HAVE SEIZED AND CREATED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS ROD FAILURE AT THE KIA DEALERSHIP. THE CAR HAS 116,000 MILES AND IS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY. THEY DON'T WANT TO HELP OUT IN ANY WAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF THE RECALL PROGRAM.

WHILE I WENT ON THE HIGHWAY THE ACCELERATION FELT VERY SLUGGISH AND HAD A HARD TIME SPEEDING UP TO THE SPEED LIMIT. THE CAR ONLY GOT WORSE AS I WENT ON A STREET AND IT FELT AS THOUGH IT DID NOT WANT TO GO, LIKE IT LOST MOST OF ITS POWER. TURNS OUT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ENGINE BUT I FEEL THAT MY CAR SHOULD BE UNDER A NEWER RECALL BUT ISN'T, AS SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WASN'T EVEN ON. SOMEHOW THE CAR WAS OUT OF OIL WITH NO LIGHT COMING ON TO INDICATE THAT AND RECENTLY ABOUT A WEEK AGO OIL WAS PUT IN, AND WEEKS PRIOR OIL WAS PUT IN.

WHILE ACCELERATING VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER EVEN THOUGH GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED. THERE WERE NO RPMS SHOWING AT ALL NO MATTER WHAT SPEED I WAS DRIVING. CAR WOULD ACCELERATE UNTIL ENGINE POWER LOST, I WOULD LET OFF THE GAS, CAR WOULD SHIFT HARD AND THEN I COULD ACCELERATE AGAIN UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO NEXT GEAR. SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN. ALSO, WHEN THIS OCCURRED, I LOST ALL AIR CONDITIONING COOLING. FAN WOULD BLOW BUT NO COLD AIR.. DROVE FINE PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING AND DROVE FINE AFTER CAR SAT OVER NIGHT. HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE ISSUE BUT HAVE VIDEO AND PICTURES SHOWING NO RPM, BUT TRAVELLING/ ACCELERATING

MY DAUGHTER REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR. HER AIR BAGS DID NO DEPLOY AND HER SEAT BELT DIDN'T LOCK. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT.

BEFORE I PAID OFF MY CAR IN 12-1-18, MY 2013'KIA OPTIMA'S PAINT STARTED CHIPPING OFF. IT HAS CHIPPED OFF FIRST ON THE HOOD AND THEN ON THE DOOR JAMS ON BOTH FRONT DOORS. I FIND THIS SUSPICIOUS IN THAT WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW, THEY WERE PUSHING AN EXTRA PAINT PROTECTION PROGRAM- - FOR A MEAR $2000 PLUS EXTRA! IT'S AS IF THEY KNEW THE PAINT WOULD FAIL IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CLASSIC KIA CARROLLTON (2920 N INTERSTATE 35E, CARROLLTON, TX 75007, (866) 559-8140) TO BE REPAIRED PER UNKNOWN RECALLS REGARDING THE ENGINE AND AIR BAGS. THE DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR 85 DAYS, BUT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AFTER THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SRS MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $854. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE DEALER WAS DISHONEST AND DID NOT TELL HER ABOUT THE SRS MODULE AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL REPAIR. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE SRS MODULE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AIR BAG RECALL. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED THE DEALER AND FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE BRINGING THEIR VEHICLES IN FOR RECALL REPAIRS AND EXPERIENCED OTHER ISSUES AFTERWARDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND AGREED WITH THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,372.

BACK IN 2016 THE STEERING RECALL ISSUE WAS REPAIRED ON MY VEHICLE. IN FED 2017 DURING THE 50K MILE WARRANTY INSPECTION KIA REPLACED THE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY. ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY STEERING BEGAN TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, LOTS OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL, VIBRATIONS FELT THROUGH THE PEDALS INTO THE STEERING. KIA IS NOW SAYING IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL THAT IT IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR TO A VEHICLE STEERING SHAFT OR ASSEMBLY. WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING IS VIBRATING AND DOES NOT FEEL TOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE WHEELS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA OPTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSUMED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL AND THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL CLINKING NOISE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND FLASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SOUTHWEST KIA OF ROCKWALL (1790 INTERSTATE HWY 30, ROCKWALL, TX 75087, (469) 402-2900) WHERE AN ENGINE KNOCKING TEST WAS PERFORMED, BUT IT FAILED TWICE. IN ADDITION, OIL WAS ADDED TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V224000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,,856. *TT *TR

DROVE TO GET ICE CREAM AND CAR WAS RUNNING WELL, WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. SHIFT THE CAR OFF TO ORDER ICE CREAM, AND WHEN GETTING BACK IN THE CAR, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. ALL THE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON AND MY MUSIC WOULD PLAY AS WELL AS THE AC TURNED ON, BUT NOTHING MORE THAN AN ALMOST SILENT TICKING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. HAD MY HUSBAND TRY TO JUMP THE CAR TO SEE IF THAT HELPS, AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME AND THE NEXT MORNING, MY HUSBAND AND I REPLACED THE IGNITION SENSOR FUSE AND THE CAR STARTED. THEN A COUPLE HOURS LATER I TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN, AND IT WAS DOING THE SAME THING. CAR HAS BEEN DISABLED EVER SINCE AND IS GOING ON 1 WEEK NOW. CAR BROKE DOWN ON WEDNESDAY 31 JULY, 2019. NOT TO MENTION THAT I JUST HAD MY RADIATOR COOLING FAN REPLACED TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THIS BREAKDOWN. I ALSO HAD MY REPLACEMENT RECALL ENGINE PLACED IN JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE HAPPENING AFTER THE RECALL HAS BEEN PLACED, AND THE ONLY THING I GET IS KICK BACK WHEN I SAY THIS CANNOT BE COINCIDENTAL. I GET TOLD THAT MY CAR HAS MANY MILES ON IT SO THINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BREAK. UNACCEPTABLE AND UNAPPRECIATED AND JUST DOWN RIGHT WRONG. *TR